Franklin Township District Goal: Make Franklin Township one of the TOP TEN school corporations in the state!

Middle School West 2015-2016 Goals:

Achieve a 90% passing rate in English and Math on ISTEP+

Achieve a 33% Pass+ rate in English and Math on ISTEP+

Get 90% of our students passing all classes with a C or higher

Achieve the Indiana Gold Star Award for School Counseling

Integrate the Positive Behavior Intervention System into the culture at West

Develop our Student Success Skills program to assist students with building non-academic skills

Decrease the number of behavior referrals by 10% from the prior school year

Improve the Professional Learning Communities program for teachers to see instructional growth in the areas of technology implementation, Madeline Hunter lesson development, cross-subject literacy implementation, and personal innovation and growth.

Individual grade cards are distributed each nine-week period. The card reports remarks by the teacher, absences and tardies, as well as a semester grade at the end of each of two nine-week periods. Grades are given by the teacher as follows:

The grade “A” represents work of definitely superior quality. It is definitely the honor grade.

The grade “B” represents work of excellent quality clearly above the average.

The grade “C” represents work of average quality.

The grade “D” represents work which is clearly below the average but above failure.

On the 2014-2015 ISTEP+, Franklin Township Middle School West maintained its performance levels well above the state average in all areas. Schools across the state saw a drop in scores due to the new ISTEP+ test and the newer, more rigorous state standards. This drop occurred at West as well, but we pride ourselves in maintaining our performance relative to other schools in the state.

To continue to prepare our students for the more rigorous standards and changing test environment, Franklin Township Middle School West will focus on the following strategies:

Providing a rigorous and engaging environment in all classes

Providing targeted remediation during our PRIDE time

Utilizing teacher Professional Learning Communities to promote teacher creativity, collaboration, and data based decision making

Increasing literacy instruction in all subjects

Increasing the technological resources available and improving their integration into the curriculum

Regularly analyzing our curriculum to ensure that it is engaging and appropriately challenging to students, and aligned to state standards.